As previously mentioned, here’s a case of me using dialogue to tie one scene to the next. In this case, Roka was talking about catching up with old friends, which directly leads to Bennesaud doing the same. In general, I think it works better when the speaker at least completes a full sentence on the leading page, with a final full sentence appearing on the next page. I’m not entirely sure it works as well when it’s a single sentence that spans the two pages with the break in the middle. It’s especially weird with the webcomic posting schedule of different days, but I guess it’ll work better in print form.
I wanted to establish a friend in Dhama Suul’s camp (from Vol 2) so that the henchmen are not all background characters devoid of any individuality. It makes sense that Bennesaud would have some relationships there. I’m not really sure where I’ll go with this, but I thought it might be nice to plant a seed in case I want some sort of additional POV character in the mob world, and I figured I should do it now, close to the events of Vol 2.
Eyyyy! I remember this guy! And I remember I wasn’t alone in loving this guy’s design, too, so indeed nice to see him again!
And now I can actually call him by a name, instead of the generic “Red” I’d been calling him in my head all this time lol!
But aww, after last chapter, it should be nice and cathartic for Bennes to have someone who can gossip and spill the tea about the crazy things his ex has been getting up to!
“Is he still getting shirts caught on his hammerhead?”
“O-M-G, he ruined, like, 5, last week when he ripped them up out of frustration after they got caught on his teeth while going over his head!”
“You’d think he’d just stick to buying robes and save himself the trouble at this point.”
“Like, RIIIIGHT???”
Ha ha. Stupid hammerhead stretching out all his turtlenecks. Funny you should mention catching up on Suul’s antics. There is a little bit of that on the next page!
For sure the transition will work better in print form, it’s been applied by many. 🙂
And it will also work for new web comic readers that start on page one of the story, because there is no delay of a day for them. I wouldn’t worry too much about it.
I enjoyed this scene. It brings more depth to the previous story and Bennesaud in general.
Gorug could become an interesting character or at least a supporting character we enjoy seeing from time to time.